WHAT:
The Cherokee Nation will break ground on a new $10 million, nearly 15-acre park in Tahlequah being named in honor of the late Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller
WHEN:
Friday, June 21
2 p.m.
WHERE:
18050 S. Muskogee Ave.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
WHO:
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.
Deputy Chief Bryan Warner
Council of the Cherokee Nation
Family of late Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will officially break ground Friday on a new $10 million, nearly 15-acre park in Tahlequah being named in honor of the late Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller.
The new park will be built on property that was previously home to a septic manufacturing company, which has since gone out of business. The tribe acquired the property after a proposal by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner to create the park – an idea first recommended by First Daughter Jasmine Hoskin, who felt the land could be turned into a family-friendly space. The Council of the Cherokee Nation approved the proposal to purchase the property and build the nearly 15-acre park in 2022.
The future park will include playground space, an area for traditional Cherokee games, a community building, green space, paved and hiking trails, public art, an heirloom garden, a picnic pavilion, a dog park and additional features when complete.